Professor Naela Qadri in 1998 with poster: “Balochistan grows flowers, not atomic bombs.”
By Wendy Johnson
“For never was a story of more woe…”
The Baloch have been protesting features of their ill-fated gun-to-the-head marriage with Pakistan ever since this nation was occupied in 1948 by British-created Pakistan. At times the protests display poetic flourishes, such as the protest signs held in this first ever South Asia anti-nuke protest in Quetta led by Professor Naela Qadri in 1998. Naela’s poster reads “Balochistan grows flowers, not atomic bombs.”
Baluch Sarmachar 